Holt Marvel
(real name Eric Maschwitz)
sweats over
his song lyrics
in the summer
of '36.
I sing it now
all over the house
from the shower
as I Hoover
do the dishes.
It follows me
around.
Holt or Eric
was then romantically linked
to the wonderful Chinese-American
actress Ann May Wong
real name
Wong Liu Tsong
(Frosted Yellow Willows) .
They part &
he leaves
Hollywood for
England.
The song reflects his longing
for Tsong.
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
make me smile
sing it all over
again
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Your mind is such a traveler :) I like the plenty of links and references from a single detail to beginning of some stories... As if you open a door after a door after a door and leave the reader to look a bit into other rooms...